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Jan 08, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security described the vehicle's passenger as "a Venezuelan illegal alien affiliated with the transnational Tren de Aragua prostitution ring" who had been involved in a recent shooting in Portland.
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Jan 08, 2026
Gov. Maura Healey's demands come after ICE expanded its operations at Hanscom Field in Bedford last year.
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Jan 08, 2026
With local anger against ICE growing, the federal government is keeping up its attempt to invalidate local policies meant to protect immigrants.
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Jan 08, 2026
State and local officials demanded ICE leave Minnesota after the unidentified ICE officer shot 37-year-old Renee Nicole Macklin Good in the head Wednesday morning.
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Jan 08, 2026
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, President Donald Trump and others in his administration characterized the shooting as an act of self-defense and cast Renee Good as a villain.
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Jan 07, 2026
The post What do you think of the new federal guidelines to avoid processed foods? appeared first on Boston.com.
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Jan 07, 2026
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, while visiting Texas, described the incident as an "act of domestic terrorism."
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Jan 07, 2026
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have presented vastly different accounts of what led to the shooting.
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Jan 07, 2026
The closures come as the chain navigates financial turmoil long after its 2021 meme-stock fame.
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Jan 07, 2026
The change led to Reiner's arraignment in the killing of his parents being delayed to February.
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Jan 07, 2026
"Our message is clear: Eat real food," Kennedy told reporters at a White House briefing.
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Jan 07, 2026
Working this overlooked practice into your sleep routine could have real benefits for your health.
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Jan 07, 2026
President Donald Trump has argued that the U.S. needs to control the world's largest island to ensure its own security in the face of rising threats from China and Russia in the Arctic.
The post Denmark and Greenland seek talks with Rubio over U.S. interest in taking the island appeared first on Boston.com.
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Jan 07, 2026
The couple's two young children were also in the home but were unharmed.
The post Police release footage of a person of interest in the killing of an Ohio dentist and his wife appeared first on Boston.com.
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Jan 06, 2026
"Many are barely holding on mentally, emotionally, and financially. To pretend otherwise is a lie."
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Jan 06, 2026
One city stood out for its "high-quality nature of jobs."
The post 2 New England cities rank among the best places to find a job in 2026, WalletHub says appeared first on Boston.com.
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Jan 06, 2026
"Probably a DEA agent slipped this hoodie on him and said, ‘You're going to feel the fabric of freedom on American soil.'"
The post Maine company in the spotlight after Maduro apparently wore one of their hoodies appeared first on Boston.com.
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Jan 06, 2026
Democrats control only 47 seats, compared with 53 for Republicans, and they also have to defend vulnerable seats of their own.
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Jan 06, 2026
"The real Gulf of America is the gap between the high aspirations that embody the founding of this country and the thuggish gangsterism that this crew thinks makes us great again."
The post Here's what Jon Stewart said about Trump's Venezuela operation appeared first on Boston.com.
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Jan 06, 2026
The Democratic lawmakers have argued that the attack was not justified by federal or international law.
The post ‘Insane, illegal, unconstitutional': Mass. delegation responds to U.S. operation in Venezuela appeared first on Boston.com.
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Jan 06, 2026
In a CNN interview, the Trump aide also echoed the president's intent to run Venezuela as he laid out a case for the United States to control weaker states by flexing its military might.
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Jan 06, 2026
The site is filling with AI-generated nonconsensual sexualized images of women and children. Owner Elon Musk responded with a laughing emoji.
The post X users tell Grok to undress women and girls in photos. It's saying yes. appeared first on Boston.com.
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Jan 05, 2026
The private agency, which has distributed federal funding to PBS, NPR and hundreds of local television and radio stations across the country for more than a half-century, saw its appropriations from Congress eliminated this past summer.
The post Corporation for Public Broadcasting votes itself out of existence appeared first on Boston.com.
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Jan 05, 2026
The U.S. has taken the unprecedented step of dropping the number of vaccines it recommends for every child — a move that leading medical groups say would undermine protections against a half-dozen diseases.
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Jan 05, 2026
Lia Smith was a senior at Middlebury College, a transgender woman, and for a time, an athlete on the school's diving team. But she struggled to feel accepted, and in October, she took her own life.
The post At Middlebury, she hoped to start fresh. In Trump's America, it seemed impossible. appeared first on Boston.com.
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Jan 05, 2026
Since the arrest of Bryan Kohberger in the murder of four college students, a case that captivated the nation, his family has stayed silent. His sister now describes their pain and confusion.
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Jan 05, 2026
Less than four months after announcing his reelection campaign, Walz said Monday that he could no longer devote the energy necessary to win another term, even as he expressed confidence that he could win.
The post Tim Walz drops bid for third term as Minnesota governor; Amy Klobuchar considers appeared first on Boston.com.
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Jan 03, 2026
The U.S. has captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro following months of escalating Trump administration pressure on the oil-rich South American nation.
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Jan 02, 2026
The study's retraction has set off a crisis of confidence in the science behind a weedkiller that has become the backbone of U.S. food production.
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Jan 02, 2026
Unlike most of the country, Los Angeles renters were often responsible for buying and installing their own refrigerators — and removing them when they leave.
The post Los Angeles ends strange rite of passage with new fridge law appeared first on Boston.com.
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Jan 02, 2026
Wildlife officers located two mountain lions in the area and fatally shot the animals.
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Jan 01, 2026
"We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again - Only a question of time!"
The post Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now appeared first on Boston.com.
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Jan 01, 2026
After the federal government threatened to withhold funds for Minnesota's child-care program, citing fraud concerns, parents and providers warned that the effects could be dire.
The post Minnesota families are rattled by threat to cut federal aid for child care appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 31, 2025
The latest scientific review is drawing intense criticism, setting off a new round of debate about alcohol consumption.
The post American Heart Association revives theory that light drinking may be good for you appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 30, 2025
The announcement comes one day after US Homeland Security officials were in Minneapolis conducting a fraud investigation by going to unidentified businesses and questioning workers.
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Dec 30, 2025
A growing body of research shows how pressure from overbearing coaches and parents is stunting children's emotional well-being and leading to injuries.
The post As youth sports professionalize, kids are burning out fast appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 28, 2025
Brian J. Cole Jr. was arrested on charges of placing pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican national committees.
The post Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he targeted US political parties because they were ‘in charge,' memo says appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 26, 2025
The patriotic touches at this year's Times Square gathering, including a second confetti drop, will offer an early glimpse of what's ahead.
The post Times Square to feature patriotic crystal ball for New Year's Eve, kicking off US's 250th birthday appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 26, 2025
The winning ticket was sold at a Murphy USA gas station in Cabot, a suburb northeast of Little Rock with a population of about 27,000 people.
The post What to know about the Christmas Eve Powerball jackpot in Arkansas worth $1.8 billion appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 26, 2025
The White House has targeted Harvard because it saw it as an incubator of liberalism that violated the civil rights of white and Jewish people.
The post In private letters, Harvard and Trump administration escalate duel appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 26, 2025
President Trump said that the "powerful and deadly" strikes were carried out against Islamic State militants "targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians."
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Dec 24, 2025
In total, DHS and FEMA reduced more than $233 million from Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.
The post Federal judge says Trump administration must restore disaster money to Democratic states appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 23, 2025
Starting the week of Jan. 7, the Education Department will begin sending notices about paycheck deductions to about 1,000 of five million borrowers in default.
The post Student loan borrowers in default could see wages garnished in early 2026 appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 23, 2025
Many of the mentions of Trump in the file came from news clippings, though it includes an email from a prosecutor pointing out the flights that Trump took on Epstein's private jet during the 1990s.
The post Voluminous new Epstein document release includes multiple Trump mentions, but little revelatory news appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 23, 2025
A 13-year-old girl at a Louisiana middle school got into a fight with classmates who were sharing AI-generated nude images of her
The post Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled. appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 23, 2025
Several veteran correspondents questioned how Weiss, the new CBS News editor in chief, had handled the segment, after she defended her decision on a call with the newsroom.
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Dec 23, 2025
The bourbon giant is closing its flagship distilling operation for all of 2026.
The post Jim Beam halts production, as whiskey market struggles appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 23, 2025
A U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing plans, told The Associated Press that design efforts are now underway for the new ship and construction is planned to begin in the early 2030s.
The post Trump announces plans for new Navy ‘battleship' as part of a ‘Golden Fleet' appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 23, 2025
The next drawing will be Christmas Eve on Wednesday, with the prize expected to be the 4th-largest in U.S. lottery history.
The post Powerball jackpot soars to $1.7 billion after another night with no big winner appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 22, 2025
University President Christina Paxson said Rodney Chatman will be replaced by Hugh T. Clements, former police chief of the Providence Police Department.
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Dec 22, 2025
The pause is effective immediately.
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Dec 22, 2025
Economists say that a typical middle-class family today is richer than one in the 1960s. Americans in their 20s and 30s don't believe it.
The post These young adults make good money. But life, they say, is unaffordable. appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 22, 2025
At AmericaFest, conservative leaders insulted one another, revealing serious rifts over conspiracy theories, antisemitism, and who belongs in America.
The post Turning Point's annual gathering turns into a gripefest appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 21, 2025
Cleveland settled a lawsuit over Rice's death for $6 million.
The post Officer who killed Tamir Rice fired from ranger position in West Virginia appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 19, 2025
The newly proposed actions could mean an end to federal funding for hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to children.
The post AG Campbell condemns Trump administration's proposed restrictions on gender-affirming care appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 19, 2025
On Thursday, police found Valente's body inside a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire, where he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The post Who was Claudio Neves Valente? Here's what we know so far. appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 19, 2025
The diversity visa program makes up to 50,000 green cards available each year by lottery to people from countries that are little represented in the U.S.
The post Trump suspends green card lottery program that let Brown University, MIT shootings suspect into U.S. appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 19, 2025
"He blew this case right open."
The post How 1 tipster cracked the Brown University shooting case appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 18, 2025
The switch would move marijuana away from its current classification as a Schedule I drug, alongside heroin and LSD.
The post Trump signs executive order that would reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 18, 2025
Thursday's announcements would imperil access in nearly two dozen states where drug treatments and surgical procedures remain legal and funded by Medicaid, which includes federal and state dollars.
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Dec 18, 2025
The White House says President Donald Trump's handpicked board has voted to rename Washington's leading performing arts center as the Trump-Kennedy Center
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Dec 18, 2025
With intense public scrutiny on ICE's use of Hanscom Field, officials are trying in vain to get basic data.
The post As flights increase, Hanscom commission says ICE is withholding information appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 18, 2025
The crash victims included a group of elite young figure skaters, their parents and coaches who had just attended a competition in Wichita.
The post US government admits role in causing helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 18, 2025
Kristin Cabot was caught on camera with her boss at a concert. The video went viral. Soon she was drowning in the vitriol of strangers.
The post The ritual shaming of the woman at the Coldplay concert appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 18, 2025
Trump has promised an economic boom, yet inflation has stayed elevated and the job market has weakened sharply in the wake of his import taxes.
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Dec 17, 2025
The departure, which had been expected, would be among the highest-profile resignations of the Trump administration.
The post FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he plans to resign next month as bureau's No 2 official appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 17, 2025
About 6 in 10 Americans say cash or gift cards are "very" acceptable as holiday presents.
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Dec 17, 2025
"Prosecutors can pursue death cases, and people can be sentenced to death. It's just that right now they're not being put to death."
The post Why Nick Reiner could face the death penalty appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 17, 2025
"We are really witnessing a watershed moment now and nothing is the way it was before."
The post After a year of Trump, EU leaders begrudgingly learn to live with the reality of an unreliable ally appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 17, 2025
The U.S. Mint sold 232 three-cent sets for a whopping sum of $16.76 million at an auction last Thursday.
The post Last U.S. cents sold at auction for a sum of $16.76 million were worth a pretty penny appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 17, 2025
The students face discipline for recording Summers, the former Harvard president, discussing his ties to Jeffrey Epstein in a Harvard class.
The post Harvard secretly investigates students over Larry Summers video on Epstein appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 16, 2025
The White House chief of staff criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and offered an unvarnished take on her boss and those in his orbit in a series of observations.
The post Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff, criticizes Bondi and opines on Trump in Vanity Fair appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 15, 2025
The National Weather Service, meanwhile, issued a flash flood warning covering nearly 47,000 people.
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Dec 15, 2025
The statement, even for Trump, was a shocking comment that came as police were still investigating the deaths of the beloved director and his wife Michele Singer Reiner as an apparent homicide.
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Dec 15, 2025
The post What's your favorite Rob Reiner movie? appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 15, 2025
Investigators believe they suffered stab wounds and a family member is being questioned, an official said.
The post Son Nick arrested after Rob Reiner and his wife found dead in Los Angeles home, AP source says appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 15, 2025
Investigators believe they suffered stab wounds and a family member is being questioned, an official said.
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Dec 15, 2025
Investigators believe they suffered stab wounds and a family member is being questioned, an official said.
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Dec 12, 2025
More than a thousand miles away, the Christ child went missing from a Nativity scene at St. Susanna Parish in Dedham, Massachusetts, replaced by a hand-painted sign: "ICE was here."
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Dec 10, 2025
"This conduct constitutes a clear violation of university policy, and UM maintains zero tolerance for such behavior," athletic director Warde Manuel said in a statement.
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Dec 10, 2025
Authorities have yet to release details on Moore's arrest, other than to say he has been held since Wednesday night in the Washtenaw County Jail and remains under investigation.
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Dec 10, 2025
The company said its rider support team detected "unusual activity" inside the vehicle and called to check on the rider as well as alert 911.
The post San Francisco woman gives birth in a Waymo self-driving taxi appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 10, 2025
He replaces John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois in one of the most high-profile decisions of Bari Weiss's early tenure as the network's editor in chief.
The post Tony Dokoupil is named anchor of ‘CBS Evening News' appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 10, 2025
On a video that went viral, the worker, who is white, can be seen calling two Black customers an epithet. The campaign to give her money echoes the reaction to a similar incident this year.
The post A Cinnabon worker was fired for a racist slur. Her supporters have raised $130,000. appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 10, 2025
Michael Virgil, 35, became agitated on a Royal Caribbean ship and was restrained by at least five crew members, including some who stood on his back, before he died, the medical examiner said.
The post Cruise passenger was served 33 drinks before deadly encounter with crew, suit says appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 09, 2025
Frankfort police said Jacob Lee Bard was booked into jail on murder and first-degree assault charges in connection with the shooting.
The post Shooting at Kentucky State University leaves 1 dead, 1 hurt, and a suspect in custody, officials say appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 09, 2025
Bruna Ferreira, 33, a longtime Massachusetts resident, was previously engaged to Leavitt's brother, Michael.
The post Judge orders the release of an immigrant with ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 09, 2025
Last week, the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston told the parish to take down the signage in its Nativity display.
The post Dedham church keeps anti-ICE nativity scene, defying diocese leaders appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 08, 2025
Immigrants who have already been thoroughly vetted are being turned away from naturalization ceremonies because of where they were born.
The post ‘Unspeakable cruelty': Oath ceremonies canceled for immigrants on verge of gaining citizenship appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 08, 2025
Any Lucía López Belloza was traveling home to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when she was detained by immigration authorities at Logan International Airport in Boston on Nov. 20.
The post Immigration agents target family of deported Babson student appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 07, 2025
At one point the worker is seen on video uttering a racial slur and saying, "I am racist and I'll say it to the whole entire world. Don't be disrespectful."
The post Cinnabon worker fired after racist outburst directed at customers goes viral appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 07, 2025
"Society pushing the lie that there are multiple genders and everyone should be whatever they want to be is demonic and severely harms American youth," the student wrote.
The post Oklahoma university instructor on leave after failing Bible-based essay on gender appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 07, 2025
The Republican who leads the Senate Intelligence Committee says a video of a U.S. military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean that killed two survivors of the initial attack shows "nothing remarkable."
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Dec 07, 2025
Some civil rights leaders voiced opposition to the change after news about it began spreading over the weekend.
The post National Park Service drops free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 05, 2025
The case will be argued in the spring. A definitive ruling is expected by early summer.
The post Supreme Court will decide whether Trump's birthright citizenship order violates Constitution appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 04, 2025
The suspect in custody has been identified as Brian Cole Jr., of Woodbridge, Virginia.
The post Man accused of planting pipe bombs before Jan. 6 Capitol attack is charged with explosives offenses appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 04, 2025
The pipe bombs were placed on the evening of Jan. 5, 2021, near the offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees in the District of Columbia.
The post FBI makes arrest in investigation into pipe bombs placed in D.C. on eve of Jan. 6 riot, AP sources say appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 03, 2025
"He fell through one of the ceiling tiles and went on a full-blown rampage, drinking everything."
The post Raccoon goes on drunken rampage in Virginia liquor store and passes out on bathroom floor appeared first on Boston.com.
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Dec 03, 2025
The student wrote in her essay that "the lie that there are multiple genders" is "demonic."
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Dec 02, 2025
Healey said the proposal is "truly appalling and cruel."
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